Scum Of The Demonic Sect

Chapter Thirty-Six: Southern Liang Kingdom

Accompanied by Li Shuntian's voice, the ball of essence blood indeed behaved exactly like when Bao Wenliang swore his oath last time. It first shone brightly, then quickly dimmed after reaching a limit, before shooting into Li Shuntian's brow and disappearing.

Lin Haoming watched the entire process of him making the blood oath, noticing his slightly pale face afterward. He admired this man's ability to let go. If he hadn't misjudged the situation and offended many people in his early years, he probably wouldn't be in this state now.

Similarly, if he hadn't made the blood oath, Lin Haoming really wouldn't have dared to easily take him under his wing. Given the opportunity, such a person would definitely not be a simple character in the future.

Of course, now that he had sworn a blood oath, things were different. Lin Haoming chuckled, "Junior Brother Li, I'm very pleased with your thoughtfulness. Here's a little trinket for you to use!"

Lin Haoming patted his storage bag, and an iron ball-shaped magical artifact, roughly the size of an adult man's fist, flew out and directly towards Li Shuntian.

"This...this is a mid-grade magical artifact!" Li Shuntian was somewhat astonished upon seeing it. Even a mid-grade magical artifact of mediocre quality cost a hundred spirit stones, and now this person was giving it to him so casually—what a generous gesture!

"The Xuan Iron Ball is a magical artifact from the Vajra Temple of Buddhism. I obtained it by chance. I see your cultivation isn't very high, so use it for now. As long as you serve me well, you'll naturally reap the rewards!" Lin Haoming said, adopting an air of superiority.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Lin!" Li Shuntian held the magical artifact with both hands, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Just as he was expressing his gratitude, Lin Haoming also felt that his Merit Bead had received a portion of merit. Although the amount was small, not even enough for a complete small merit, the fact that he received merit meant he was grateful, which was better than harboring resentment.

Lin Haoming was pleased with this outcome and gained a deeper understanding of the meaning of combining kindness and severity. Although he hadn't intended to do so today, he had ultimately achieved it in this way.

After putting away the Xuan Iron Ball, Li Shuntian asked with some curiosity, "Senior Brother Lin, what brings you here?"

Li Shuntian cleverly pledged his loyalty directly, so Lin Haoming replied, "Senior Brother, didn't I tell you earlier that I'm going out for a while? I'll be going to your original country!"

"Senior Brother Lin, you're going to the Southern Liang Kingdom?" Li Shuntian asked, somewhat surprised.

"That's right, I need you to do something for me!" Lin Haoming said.

Li Shuntian knew that after he swore a blood oath, Lin Haoming had no reason to lie to him anymore. But why would he go to a mortal kingdom? Could it be that Senior Brother Lin is practicing some kind of cultivation technique that requires a living person?

Li Shuntian wondered, but Lin Haoming didn't explain, simply instructing him to refine the Xuan Iron Ball.

After refining it, Lin Haoming immediately summoned the Mother-Child Sword and flew towards the entrance to the second floor.

Li Shuntian immediately followed behind Lin Haoming. This Xuan Iron Ball could also be used as a flying artifact. Although riding on a ball looked strange, Li Shuntian was still very excited about his first experience of flying with an artifact, and the resentment from being forced to swear a blood oath was somewhat lessened.

Li Shuntian followed Lin Haoming for a short while before realizing that they weren't heading out, but rather towards the passage to the second floor. He couldn't help but feel puzzled.

When Li Shuntian was brought back to the sect, because of his decent aptitude, he was initially planned to be trained as an inner disciple, so he knew there was a teleportation hall on the second floor. Seeing it now, he wondered if Lin Haoming was going to take him away through the teleportation hall?

Although Li Shuntian was puzzled, he dared not ask further and simply followed behind Lin Haoming.

Shortly afterward, the two arrived at the entrance to the second floor. Lin Haoming directly produced the token given to him by Ling Shengjie, and the guards readily allowed them to pass.

Looking at the token in Lin Haoming's hand, Li Shuntian realized that he had perhaps underestimated Lin Haoming before. Although he had never seen that token before, he knew it was no ordinary item; it would grant him unimpeded access not only to the second floor but also to the third.

Discovering that Lin Haoming's background had become increasingly powerful, Li Shuntian's resentment actually lessened. After all, following a stronger figure offered some comfort.

Soon afterward, the two indeed arrived at the teleportation hall.

Since Lin Haoming was, after all, an outer disciple, he had to produce his token again.

Seeing the token in Lin Haoming's hand, the disciples of the teleportation hall didn't hesitate and allowed them to pass. Lin Haoming was a regular here, and they knew their place.

This time, Lin Haoming wasn't going to Red Leaf Mountain, and the legendary array there had been suspended. Instead, he led Li Shuntian directly to the teleportation array to the Southern Liang Kingdom.

Although the Blood Refining Sect was located within the Cheyun Kingdom, its territory was vast, encompassing numerous mortal kingdoms of varying sizes. Cheyun Kingdom was merely the most powerful, while the Southern Liang Kingdom was only a small one, though even a small kingdom, it still covered at least three to five million square kilometers.

The Blood Refining Sect also stationed disciples in these mortal kingdoms, with some lower-ranking disciples specifically searching for talented children among the mortals to supplement the sect's strength.

Lin Haoming tossed some spirit stones to the disciples in the teleportation hall.

They skillfully embedded the spirit stones into the teleportation array, and then Lin Haoming and Li Shuntian stood on it.

With a flash of white light, the two quickly disappeared from the teleportation hall.

In the dim light of a few oil lamps, all that could be seen were four walls made of blue bricks; nothing else.

Was he really back in the Southern Liang Kingdom? Recovering from his dizziness, Li Shuntian was incredulous. Just hours before, he had been working as a butcher in the Floating Pagoda Cave.

His gaze swept over Lin Haoming, who had already stepped out of the teleportation array beneath his feet.

Just then, one of the blue walls suddenly trembled, and then another wall slid open, revealing a hidden door.

An elderly man with graying temples appeared in the doorway, but upon seeing the two, he respectfully bowed and said, "Yue Haixia greets my two senior brothers!"

This old man was also a cultivator, but although he was very old, his cultivation was extremely poor, only reaching the sixth level of Qi Refining. And judging from his appearance, this was probably his fate.

Lin Haoming had already inquired and learned that many outer sect disciples, realizing they had no hope of becoming inner sect disciples, would seek opportunities to leave the sect after reaching a certain age and accumulating some wealth, to enjoy a comfortable life outside. The old man before him was probably one of those people.

Places where mortals gather have thin and mixed spiritual energy, unsuitable for cultivation. Therefore, apart from those like the old man who had completely given up on the path of immortality, most people wouldn't come to such places. In small countries like the Southern Liang Kingdom, the sect wouldn't even send Foundation Establishment stage cultivators to guard it; the person in charge of the country was merely a Qi Refining stage cultivator at the Great Perfection stage. Moreover, ordinary inner sect disciples wouldn't come here; those who did were either for special reasons or simply unlucky.

“Is this the Southern Liang Kingdom?” Lin Haoming asked casually.

“Indeed!” Yue Haixia replied respectfully.

Hearing his affirmative answer, Li Shuntian felt a surge of emotion. After being away from home for several years, he had returned, finally returned.